Word: accustomedness
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Actually, it was merely old New York-debt-ridden, overextended and underserviced-crippling through another week of crisis in its accustomed position just at the edge of the precipice. All spring, New York City had been staving off bankruptcy, partly through a new arrangement for borrowing, partly by promising drastic...
A pervading aura of manure seemed to guard the show grounds protectively, beckoning those familiar with its odor to come inside but warding off those not accustomed to it. I likened it to some delicacy peculiarly palatable to high society and rather than show my colors. I spent the day...
Mixed Reviews. Galbraith has not taught a course at Harvard since the fall semester, 1973. When he had classes, he earned mixed reviews from his students. In describing Galbraith's Social Sciences 134 course, the students' confidential guide noted in 1968: "The long ambassador, as he was known...
New Stresses. Shay Gap was founded for sound business reasons. Officials of Goldsworthy Mining Ltd., aware that high wages alone could not keep needed workers in the Pilbara for long, decided to build a community that would make life in the outback more tolerable. Their Perth-based architect, Lawrence Howroyd...
I wasn't used to this stuff--I grew up a couple of miles from Shea Stadium, named for a hotshot New York lawyer, ultramodern, no bleachers. General Admission filled with clean-cut cheerful-looking kids whose mothers encouraged them to play at Little League, but just so it didn...